Recovery, Renewal, Resilience

Lessons for Resilience

Consider ways to remember and memorialise those who have died due to COVID-19
Topic:
Health
Keywords:
Health and wellbeing
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Important parts of recovery are mourning the loss of loved ones, and remembering those who have tragically lost their lives through the pandemic. Consider opportunities to memorialise, including:

  • Develop a website dedicated to those who have died during the pandemic, allowing families to create obituaries, find a network of support, and help those who may feel alone in their grief
  • Hold online memorial services to enable people to come together and remember loved ones
  • Build and dedicate a memorial to those who have died, e.g. St Paul's Cathedral will build an inner portico at the North Transept and dedicate it as a physical memorial to those who have died due to COVID-19
  • Invite those of all faiths and none to join in remembering loved ones to offer a safe and inclusive space of refuge, solace and hope

To ensure appropriate memorialisation, consider:

  • coproduction of memorialisation options with communities
  • collaboration with partners that specialise in supporting those who have been affected by bereavement
  • whether the memorial is to those who have died, those who have been otherwise affected by the crisis, and/or those who have helped in the response to the crisis
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